To:M. S. KEDROV[1]

Published:First published inKrasnaya GazetaNo. 17, January 21, 1927.

      Sent to Vologda.

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August 29, 1918

ComradeKedrov,

Youare giving us too little factual information. Send
reportswith every messenger.

Howmuch fortification work has been done?

Alongwhat line?

Atwhat points on the railway have sappers boonprovided,
so that in the event of an advance in force by the
Anglo-French we can blow up andseriouslydamagesuch-and-such
a number(how many, there must be a full report, and where
precisely) of bridges, versts of the railway, passages through
the marshes, etc., etc.

Haveyou taken sufficient measures to safeguard Vologda
against the whiteguard peril? It will be unforgivable if
you display weakness or carelessness in this regard.

[1]Kedrov,M. S.(1878–1941)—joined the R.S.D.L.P. in 1901. After
the October Socialist Revolution, member of the Collegium of the
People’s Commissariat for War, and Military Commissar for
Demobilisation. In May 1918 he was sent to the North to organise
defence. In March 1919 he became a member of the Collegium of
the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission.